CONCERN has been raised that hundreds of children with a statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) may be without a school place for September. It is understood that 285 children with a SEN statement currently have no school place. To read more on this story see this week’s Fermanagh Herald. Can’t get to the shop […]
Transfer tests shelved by local grammars
Primary schools welcome ‘historic’ move by Mount Lourdes and St Michael’s
School principals urged to reject transfer tests
Several grammar schools across the North have already said they will not be using the tests this year.
Parents playing their part during pandemic
Parents are encouraged to play with their children as much as possible.
Schools get creative to get through the crisis
Innovative ways of learning are being used by pupils in Fermanagh.
One in three rural schools could be faced with closure
… but former principal insists small is beautiful
Teachers assualted by primary children
TEACHERS in both primary schools and post-primary schools right across Fermanagh are being attacked by pupils, it has been revealed. Figures published by investigative website thedetail.tv last week showed there were well over 100 pupils suspended at schools of all levels here in the county during the 2016/17 academic year. The reasons given for these […]
Local schools struggling as funding crisis looms large
Local school principals have called for urgent action to address the growing crisis in funding in the local education system.